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Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Portugal	Yemen	Congo - Kinshasa
Dec 31, 1999	10,144	16,728	51,181
Dec 31, 2000	10,215	17,236	52,782
Dec 31, 2001	10,288	17,762	54,453
Dec 31, 2002	10,344	18,310	56,170
Dec 31, 2003	10,383	18,855	57,860
Dec 31, 2004	10,408	19,410	59,599
Dec 31, 2005	10,427	20,000	61,474
Dec 31, 2006	10,446	20,611	63,479
Dec 31, 2007	10,467	21,236	65,590
Dec 31, 2008	10,482	21,878	67,800
Dec 31, 2009	10,492	22,533	70,114
Dec 31, 2010	10,497	23,195	72,550
Dec 31, 2011	10,481	23,880	75,138
Dec 31, 2012	10,439	24,594	77,792
Dec 31, 2013	10,382	25,311	80,534
Dec 31, 2014	10,326	26,020	83,368
Dec 31, 2015	10,283	26,698	86,229
Dec 31, 2016	10,251	27,347	89,193
Dec 31, 2017	10,226	27,985	92,209
Dec 31, 2018	10,209	28,608	95,232
Dec 31, 2019	10,212	29,216	98,320
Dec 31, 2020	10,223	29,811	101,499
Dec 31, 2021	10,214	30,399	104,767
Dec 31, 2022	10,200	31,058	108,171

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

Portugal

1: Scheidel, W. and Friesen, S. J., ‘The size of the economy and the distribution of income in the Roman Empire’, Journal of Roman Studies, 99 (2009), pp. 61–91
1530–1850: Palma, N., & Reis, J. (2019). From Convergence to Divergence: Portuguese Economic Growth, 1527–1850. The Journal of Economic History, 79(2), 477-506. doi:10.1017/S0022050719000056
1850-1913: Pedro Lains, "How Far Can We Go? Measuring Portuguese Economic Growth (1850-1913)"
1938-1950: R. Janes Cartado and N.E. Sequeira da Rosa, Series Longas as Contas Nacionais Portuguesas 1958-1985, Banco de Portugal, Lisbon,

No separate list is published for Yemen, Congo - Kinshasa; the database as a whole is cited above.